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We Are All Role Models

If we build our systems to avoid overwork, we are improving other systems as well

Jim Benson
Wed, 08/06/2014 - 15:51
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At some point, maybe at many points, it strikes me that we are all role models. We all influence each other. We are a network of emotions and actions.

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When we do something, positive or negative. Kind, indifferent, or cruel. Self-centered or altruistic. Other people notice. Other people react. This is systems thinking in the social sphere. Social media is a social system. We have seen how they can be built, enjoyed, and exploited. Work, home, and friends are also social systems.

I’m not going to go into any false spiritual spiral with this; I’m just going to note that there are systems in which we operate. Personal, political, economic. At home and at work. And how we act, how we present ourselves, how we interact with others makes a hell of a difference.

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